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Length of lines
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lugnet.admin.general
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Fri, 4 May 2001 12:57:02 GMT
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I see a lot of posts with long lines. Typically around 75-80. The
problem with these is that when people quote them, they become even
longer, and eventually they are broken by some clients.
A common rule on USENET is to keep the line length below 72 when
composing an article. Now, LUGNET is not USENET, but it uses the same
transfer mechanism (NNTP), and some people use the same kind of
clients to access the posts.
Where do the posts with so long lines come from? Does the web
interface break lines at 80, for example? (No, I don't use it.) If
it does, would it be a good idea to cut this down to 72, so that fewer
posts are generated with long lines, and the problem with broken
quotation is avoided?
Fredrik
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Message has 3 Replies:
 | | Re: Length of lines
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| (...) c /avoided/made less severe/ (people who quote many many levels deep will still have trouble, but this is very rare compared to the common 2-3 levels at most) But ya, I agree. Wrap at 72 if possible. (24 years ago, 4-May-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
| | | Re: Length of lines
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| I use Outlook Express. I just looked and noticed that it is set to wrap messages I send at 76. I don't know whether or not this is the default, but I don't remember changing it. Is 72 preferred? Bryan Beckwith "Fredrik Glöckner" (...) (24 years ago, 4-May-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
| | | Re: Length of lines
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| I thought 80 was the number. That was the number when I started using the internet around 6 years ago. Has it been revised? Build On! John Matthews ___...___ ____ 12345678901234567890...7890123456 7890 Fredrik Glöckner <fredrik.glockner@bio.uio.no> (...) (24 years ago, 4-May-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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